ABSTRACT: This study aimed at finding out relationship between Creativity and Intelligence of Senior
Secondary Students. A sample of 640 students was selected randomly from the various schools of Haryana
State. For the study, Thinking Creatively by Words (TCW)developed by Dr. Bager Mehndi and Intelligence
Group Test of Mental Ability developed by Dr. S.S. Jalota were used for data collection. The result revealed that
there is significant relationship between Creativity and Intelligence of Senior Secondary Students. The result
also revealed that intelligence of high creative students and low creative students of Govt. Senior secondary
schools differ significantly.

KEYWORDS: Creativity, Intelligence
Creative children are assets to the society. Development and progress in various fields depend on these
children. Our educational institutions should aim at the development of creativity in children to prepare them
for different walks of life. No nation whether big or small can afford to overlook the importance of creativity in
this age of competition. Who survives this competition largely depends upon its creative minds. The creative
acts affect enormously not only scientific and technological progress, but society in general. Nations who learn
best how to identify, encourage and develop the creative potential in their people may find themselves in a very
advantageous position as compared to the nations that are failed to identify and develop the talented mind.
Creativity is a basic tool for progress in any society or community. It is so important that any society that wants
to make headway in any area of development must not lose sight of it. The conditions of modern day living,
characterized by complexity and interdependence, technological and communication advances and rising
expectations call for increased levels of creativity (Mars, 1981). The creative talents have the responsibility of
transforming the economy so that the populace would benefit from the products of their creative genius. In India
the need to develop creativity in the classroom is in a nascent stage and yet to be emphasized in any major
educational policy or planning document. The education in India is portrayed as comprising of dull routines,
unmotivated teachers, bored students and rote systems of learning. The Indian education system in policy makes
no overt recommendations for creativity education to be adopted as an integral part of the schooling experience
for a child in India. Therefore, any such initiative can happen only at an individual level and must stem from an
ideology or philosophy that believes in creating the space for children to learn creatively. The role that a
teacher plays in fostering creativity in her classroom is unquestionable, it is important that her teaching should
be added with appropriate teaching mechanisms. Creating a sense of informality to encourage free expression
through informal seating arrangements, flexible class timings, group activities, proximity to nature, a vivacious
campus and the freedom to express without the fear of being judged are some of the factors which effect the
environment of the school and enhance the creative learning.

I. CREATIVITY

In educational research, the word “creativity” which is only sixty years old, has shifted its source from
divine to psychic functioning of human beings. Of course, human beings are endowed with unique powers. Of
all their powers, creativity is the most unique. In each of us are little-used powers of creativity, which may be
termed as “spark of genius”, waiting to be freed. Even a computer, which can work at an amazing pace, cannot
match it as it can only repeat the mechanical orientations but cannot produce original ideas, which the human
mind is capable of the work of creation. Therefore, it is necessary to be careful in defining creativity and
distinguishing it from other similar intellectual functions. The brain is believed to have a significant role in the
creative ability of individuals. According to Craft (2000), each of the two hemispheres of the brain appears to
have its own area of specialization and processes information in its own way; and of course, in the normal brain,
the hemispheres communicate with each other through the corpus callosum, the mass nerve fiber which bridges
the hemispheres. For the great majority of the population, it is the left hemisphere that controls logical and linear
thinking. This is the side that can compute mathematics, remember names, learn to read and memorize. By
contrast, the other hemisphere is the part of the brain where metaphors are understood, where emotions are felt
and where dreams, imageries and fantasy occur. The left hemisphere of the brain is dominant for the following

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tasks: analytical, mathematical, verbal, linear and literal. The left hemisphere may, then, be particularly good at
„convergent‟ thinking. By contrast, the right brain appears to be dominant for the following activities;
metaphoric, imaginative, non-verbal, holistic (non-linear), spatial, musical, artistic, emotional, sexual, spiritual,
and dreams. The right hemisphere may be particularly good at supporting „divergent‟ thinking–and creativity
more widely. In general, the hemispheres work together in harmony, although often the right hemisphere is
under-utilization. And really it is this hemisphere that is important for education and for fostering creativity. The
challenge for teachers is how to find ways of fostering creativity that feeds the right brain as well as the left, for
all children. Creativity is the process of developing original novel and yet appropriate response to a problem. An
original response is one that is not usually given. A novel response is one that is new or has no precedent.
However, unless and original and novel solution is also appropriate, it can‟t be termed as creative. An
appropriate response is one that is deemed reasonable is the situation. Building a house of toothpicks is probably
an original and novel idea, but is clearly not appropriate because such a house could be structurally week.
Creativity is the ability to produce work that is both novel (i.e. original, unexpected) and appropriate. “To
create” means “to make or bring into existence some- thing new”. Torrance (1962) on the basis of an analysis
of the diverse ways of defining creativity and requirements of a dependable definitions for keeping a programme
of research focused on factors affecting creative growth in context, defined creativity as “a process of becoming
sensitive to problems deficiencies, gaps in knowledge, missing elements, disharmonies, making guesses or
formulating hypotheses about the deficiencies testing and re-testing them and finally communicating the
results.”

II. INTELLIGENCE
Intelligence is the aggregate capacity of individual to act purposefully, to think rationally and to deal
effectively with his/her environment. It can be called as the capacity to acquire knowledge. In order to solve any
problem, knowledge should be applied in the right manner with the help of intelligence. Educationists consider
intelligence as the mental ability which helps the individual to think about minute, complex and abstract matters,
to adjust with changing situations by solving various problems as quickly as possible, to acquire with ease
knowledge, proficiency and aptitude in different subjects, to explain new situations with the help of prior
experience, to arrive at conclusions by determining the exact relations between various elements, to utilize our
energy by keeping the emotions and impulse under control whenever necessary in achieving the goal. Man,
however, has surpassed other creatures in the development of brain and this development has made him superior
to other species in his behaviour and in control of his environment. But it is well-known fact to us all, that the
individuals have different capabilities to adapt and change this environment. One thinks differently from the
other. He solves the problems concerning to his environment and to overcome the hurdles in the way of his
progress, and in paving new paths of his progress quickly than this fellows. One feels it very difficult to adjust
with his peers while the others are very efficient in doing .So thus it can be said that a person‟s intelligence
manifests itself through different activities and not through a particular activity (Gupta and Basu, 2006.)
Intelligence and Creativity:
The relationship between creativity and intelligence has been matter of considerable of the two is done
critically, one must reach at the conclusion that the two are both originating from the same domain and have
almost similar explanation in their theories and hence should have a close relationship. In this regard many
researches had been done on school children and others. Many research findings and observations have
demonstrated that there is no positive correlation between creativity and intelligence. One is not the essential or
necessary prerequisite of the other. Those found scoring high on intelligence tests might demonstrate no signs of
creativity where as individuals performing poorly in intelligence tests may sometimes create something very
original. Therefore, no clear relationship has been seen to exist between intelligence and creativity.
There has been debate in the psychological literature about whether intelligence and creativity are part
of the same process (the conjoint hypothesis) or represent distinct mental processes (the disjoint hypothesis).
Evidence from attempts to look at correlations between intelligence and creativity from the 1950s onwards, by
authors such as Barron, Guilford or Wallach and Kogan, regularly suggested that correlations between these
concepts were low enough to justify treating them as distinct concepts.
Some researchers believe that creativity is the outcome of the same cognitive processes as intelligence, and is
only judged as creativity in terms of its consequences, i.e. when the outcome of cognitive processes happens to
produce something novel, a view which Perkins has termed the "nothing special" hypothesis.
Need of the study
Creativity is defined as the ability to bring something with existence, creativity is distinguished by
novelty, originality and it‟s usually inventive .creativity was believed to be human gift, a rare quality of
distinguished individuals with inborn talent. Individual who is flexible in thought and action who can produce

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novel ideas, express his ideas fluently and long with certain personality traits is said to be creativity. Intelligence
is closely related to intellect. Intellect includes observing, understanding, thinking, remembering and all ways of
knowing. Both intelligent and creativity are the important cognitive aspects of the individual. The bewildering
or puzzling rapid change in the present nuclear and space age has increasingly enhanced the important of the
creative talent and alerted the educationists and psychologists from their slumberous state work on searching our
new methods, strategies and techniques for its identification and development .Creativity is the ultimate answer
to manâ&#x20AC;&#x;s problems, innovation of new idea, things and ultimately the civilization of life. The value and work of
this potential is unlimited. In terms of education and related areas creativity and intelligence are very much
essential elements which are necessary for learning. If education strives to prepare children for a productive life
in society, the educational system must accept responsibility for supporting and developing creativity by
motivating them. Creativity is recognized for its role in generating innovations to address the challenges of an
evolving world. This study will explore the conditions for facilitating the creativity prevailing in government
schools of Haryana state. The main focus of this research will be to explore the relation between creative
thinking and cognitive abilities.
Objectives of the study
The study was carried out with the following objectives:
1) To assess the creativity of senior secondary students of Govt. Schools.
2) To compare the creativity of male and female senior secondary students of Govt. Schools.
3) To find the relationship between intelligence and creativity of the senior secondary students of Govt.
Schools.
4) To find out the significant difference between intelligence of low creative and high creative senior
secondary students of Govt. Schools.
Hypothesis of the study
1) There is no significant difference between the creativity scores of male and female senior secondary
students of Govt. Schools.
2) There is no significant relationship between creativity and intelligence of senior secondary students of
Govt. Schools.
3) There is no significant difference between intelligence level of low creative and high creative senior
secondary students of Govt. Schools.
Methodology of the study
The study employed descriptive survey method of research. It is commonly used in educational
research to study existing conditions and phenomenon. The terms descriptive survey is generally used for the
type of research which purposes to certain what are the normal or typical conditions of practice of present time.
Sample:
The sample for this study consisted of 640 students who are studying in the Senior Secondary Schools
of the Haryana State. Haryana state is divided into the four divisions on the bases of direction and areas i.e
.Ambala division, Hisar division, Rohtak Division, Gurgaon Division, firstly the researcher had selected all the
four divisions for the study. Then two districts were selected randomly from each of the four divisions of
Haryana. The selected districts were Panipat and Karnal (Ambala Division), Rewari and Mahendergarh
(Gurgoan Division), Jind and Bhiwani (Hisar Division) and Sonipat and Jhajjar (Rohtak Division).
Tool Used:
For the study Thinking Creatively by Words (TCW) Dr. Bager Mehndi and Intelligence Group Test of
Mental Ability Dr. S.S. Jalota were used for data collection.
Analysis and interpretation of data: To assess the creativity of Senior Secondary Students of Govt.
schools.
Students of Govt. Senior Secondary Schools according to their level of creativity are shown in the table 1 below.
Table 1: Level of Creativity Scores of Students of Govt. Senior Secondary Schools
Sr. No.
Score
No. of Students
level Creativity
1
2
3

169 and above
131-169
131 and below

97
454
89

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Moderately Creative
Low Creative

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Figure: Percentage of total number of students with degree of Creativity

III. TERPRETATION OF RESULTS
From table 1 and figure 1 it is apparent that out of 100, 15 percent Students of Govt. Senior Secondary
Schools are highly creative, while 71 per cent are moderately creative and 14 per cent are less creative. The
percentage of moderately creative students is highest.
To compare the creativity of male and female Senior Secondary students of Govt. Schools
Gender wise creativity scores of students of Govt. Senior Secondary Schools are shown in the table 2 below.
Table 2: Genderwise Mean, S.D., N ,SED and Z-value of Creativity scores of students of Govt. Senior
Secondary Schools
Gender
Mean
SD
N
SED
Z-Value
Male
148
20.40
320
1.44
2.78*
Female
152
17.6
320
* Significant at 0.01 level of significance
From table 2 it is evident that the z-value of Creativity scores of male and female students of Govt.
Senior Secondary Schools is 2.78 which is significant at 0.01 level of significance with df 638. It indicates that
the mean scores of Creativity of male and female students of Govt. Senior Secondary Schools differ
significantly.
Thus the null hypothesis that “There will be no significant difference between the creativity scores of
male and female students of Govt. Senior Secondary Schools” is Rejected.
Furthermore it indicates that the mean score of creativity of female students of Govt. senior secondary schools
(152) is higher than the mean score of male students of Govt. senior secondary schools (148) .It may therefore
be concluded that female students of Govt. senior secondary schools are more creative than the male students of
Govt. senior secondary schools.
To find the relationship between intelligence and creativity of Senior Secondary students of Govt. Schools
Here we are calculating correlation co-efficient between intelligence and creativity of the Govt. senior
secondary students. For this purpose Pearson‟s correlation co-efficient is used as shown in table 3.
Table 3: Correlation Coefficient ( r-value) between intelligence and creativity of the Govt. senior
secondary students
Variables
No. of students
‘r’ value
Remark
Intelligence
640
0.43 *
Positive Moderate correlation
Creativity
640
* Value of Correlation Coefficient is 0.43
* Significant at 0.01 level of significance with df 638
From the table 3 it is clearly evident that the co-efficient of correlation between intelligence and
creativity of the senior secondary students is 0.43 and which is significant at 0.01 level of significance with 638
degree of freedom. The critical „r‟ value is 0.081 at 0.01 level of significance with 638 degree of freedom. So
the calculated „r‟ value is higher than the critical value. So the hypothesis that, “There will be no significant
relationship between intelligence and creativity of the Govt. senior secondary students” is rejected.

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So it can be interpreted that intelligence and creativity of the senior secondary students is positively
correlated. This positive correlation shows that with increase in Intelligence of students, the creativity increases
and vice-versa.
To find out the significant difference between intelligence level of low creative and high creative Senior
Secondary students of Govt. Schools
Here we are finding difference between intelligence level of low creative and high creative Senior
Secondary students of Govt. Schools. For this purpose z-value is calculated. The Intelligence scores of low
creative and high creative of the students of Govt. Senior secondary schools are shown in table 4 below.
Table 4: Mean, S.D., N and Z-value of Intelligence scores of low creative and high creative students of
Govt. Senior secondary schools
Creativity Groups
Mean
SD
N
SED
Z-Value
High Creative Students
126.75
16.89
97
3.56
6.877*
Low creative Students
101.32
26.3
89
* Significant at 0.01 level of significance
From table 8 it is evident that the z-value of Intelligence scores of low creative and high creative
students of Govt. Senior secondary schools is 6.877 which is significant at 0.01 level of significance with df
184. It indicates that the mean scores of intelligence of high creative students and low creative students of Govt.
Senior secondary schools differ significantly. Thus the null hypothesis that “There will be no significant
difference between intelligence level of low creative and high creative students of Govt. Senior secondary
schools” is Rejected.
Furthermore it indicates that the mean score of intelligence of high creative students (126.75) is higher
than mean score of intelligence of low creative students (101.32). It may therefore be concluded that high
creative students are more intelligent than low creative students of Govt. senior secondary schools.

III. CONCLUSION
The study in hand examined the strength of creativity among Government senior secondary school
students in relation to intelligence. It shows that creativity is universally widespread and each and every child
has some degree of creativity. It is the duty of parents and teachers to provide support for creative development
and help the child to understand the divergent thought and to communicate his ideas freely. They should provide
conducive experiences and guidance and should recognize the individual‟s creative talent. It shows that
creativity is universally widespread and each and every child has some degree of creativity. It is the duty of
parents and teachers to provide support for creative development and help the child to understand the divergent
thought and to communicate his ideas freely. They should provide conducive experiences and guidance and
should recognize the individual‟s creative talent. Thinking always influenced by creativity and intellectual
abilities of a person, when a student is considered to be creative, he has minimum levels of intelligence. So it
was found that there is relationship between those two parameters that is creativity and intelligence. The
creativity level of girls is much higher than that of boys. So the creativity differs significantly on the bases of
gender.